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1 poples
poplĕs, ĭtis, m.I.Lit.: the ham of the knee, the hough (cf. suffrago):II.genua poplitesque et crura,
Col. 6, 12, 3:succisis feminibus poplitibusque,
Liv. 22, 51, 7:succiso poplite,
Verg. A. 9, 762; cf. Liv. 22, 48, 4; Hor. C. 3, 2, 16:elephas poplites intus flectit hominis modo,
Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248; 28, 6, 17, § 59.—Transf., in gen., the knee, Luc. 9, 771; Lucr. 4, 953:duplicato poplite,
i. e. with bended knee, Verg. A. 12, 927:se collegit in arma poplite subsidens,
id. ib. 12, 492:contento poplite,
with a stiff knee, Hor. S. 2, 7, 97:nec parcit imbellis juventae Poplitibus,
id. C. 3, 2, 16:poplitibus semet excipit,
he sank down upon his knees, Curt. 6, 1:flexo poplite,
Vulg. Judic. 7, 6.
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